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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Ecological site: R069XY03000- Salt Meadow LRU's A and B <br /> Hydric soil rating: Yes <br /> Lm—Las Animas fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently <br /> flooded <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 2xyrg <br /> Elevation: 4,260 to 5,900 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 12 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 54 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 130 to 170 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Las animas, frequently flooded, and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Minor components: 15 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Las Animas, Frequently Flooded <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Flood plains <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> A - 0 to 6 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> Bw- 6 to 18 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> Cg1 - 18 to 41 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> Cg2-41 to 79 inches: stratified fine sandy loam to silty clay loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained <br /> Runoff class: Very high <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high <br /> (0.20 to 6.00 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table:About 4 to 11 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Frequent <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 5 percent <br /> Gypsum, maximum content: 5 percent <br /> Maximum salinity. Very slightly saline to strongly saline (2.0 to 16.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum:2.0 <br /> Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 7.2 inches) <br /> 20 <br />